With gyms closed and stay-at-home orders in place, many people were desperate for any excuse to get outside, which made independent forms of exercise and outdoor recreation all the more desirable, leading to a boom in bicycle sales.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed 25 bills into law, including approving $2.15 million for a Jacksonville man wrongfully imprisoned for almost 43 years and two measures tied to a series of controversial highway plans.
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Known to pollute water, leaky septic tanks can also pose problems for human health. Whether they can spread COVID-19 is uncertain.
Read More »The unprecedented surge in Florida's unemployed due to the coronavirus has put pressure on the governor to investigate the faulty state system for processing claims.
Read More »Our semester-long investigation of climate change and public health found that human hazards — from heat-related hospitalizations to disease-carrying insects — are on the rise in Florida
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As a result of a partnership with Duke Energy, 123 4000 Kelvin light-emitting diode streetlights now light the town’s roads. The new streetlights replaced all existing high pressure sodium amber lights that the town rented.
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Alachua County lost hundreds of millions of dollars of federal funding because too few UF students stated during the 2010 census counting that they lived in Gainesville, officials said.
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Lawtey wants to use its $867,600 grant from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity to fix lingering water drainage problems left from Irma.
Read More »Anyone living in the city can decide between Scherwin Henry, Gabe Kaimowitz, Paul Rhodenizer and Reina Saco.
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Self-driving buses, now undergoing test runs, are expected to become available as a new form of public transportation in Gainesville by the end of the year.
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